HaulingAss
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Of course one would have to have to be a real glutton for punishment to think the pain of the dealership experience, the negotiations, and the thousands of additional dollars was worth having someone look over your new car for you. Because you know you are going to do it yourself anyway.I think this is maybe the only redeeming quality of the dealership. Dealerships get cars from the manufacturers, I am sure plenty of them come in with minor issues, but the dealership checks them all out and preps them for display on the lot, it makes sure they are look good as no one going to look for a car on the lot wants to see those minor imperfections. They need to sell the car so they need it to be perfect. Tesla's direct sales the service centers are just a means of customer picking up there car its not the same interaction so minor cosmetic things are less likely to be caught. The incentive structure is not the same, the reps are not making commissions on the sale, once a salesman at the dealership loses a sale over a minor thing it won't happen again.
We did it ourself on both our new Tesla's and there was nothing wrong with either of them. If there was, we would have had them fix it. It took less time to look them over than waiting for the stealership salesman to pass your offer by the manager.
The best part of the Tesla purchase experiences we had, beyond how fast and easy they were, was that we didn't have to deal with cheesy dealership people that smelled like cologne and fabric softener. They were normal people that I would trust to dog sit for me. Not that I would ask them to do that but most dealership people I would be afraid to leave my dog with. Complete buffoons. I don't want to look at them, I don't want to smell them and I don't want to sit down and sign papers with them. They have a way of turning a cash purchase for a car on their lot into a major production, full of all kinds of completely unnecessary steps and the need to keep saying no to multiple things. Tesla is not grubbing for extra money so the process is simple and relaxed. It's actually fun and relaxing as buying a new car should be.
I would rather have my wisdom teeth extracted than buy another car from a dealership. They are slitting their own throats.
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